Stalin: Joseph Stalin became the leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin’s death in 1924. In 1928 Stalin began the First Five-Year Plan‚ an ambitious attempt to quickly modernize the Soviet economy. In the speech below‚ given in 1933 to the Central Committee of the Communist Party‚ Stalin explained the goals and results of the Five-Year Plan. The fundamental task of the Five-Year Plan was to convert the U.S.S.R. from an agrarian and weak country‚ dependent upon the caprices of the capitalist countries
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WEEK 1 : CONNECTING THE DOTS Question: 1 The outcomes of My Foundations Lab Path Builder was surprisingly more difficult then what I had first planned‚ but also refreshed my memory quite a bit‚such as writing ‚spelling‚ and note taking. After being out of school for twenty years. I definitely forgot a lot more then I thought. I can definitely see it as a must for an educational tool. Question: 2 The MFLPB definitely applies to my educational need. By learning what it had to offer it will improve
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1.26 Value of auditing Required: Would you obtain an audit for this company? Explain the reasons for your decision. Yes‚ audits exist because of regulatory mandate (required by government). There are three theories which propose reasons why demand for audits might exist without regulatory mandate: 1. Agency theory (The focus of the agency demand for auditing is more related to the stewardship role of accounting- which is more an examination of what has happened.) The separation of ownership
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Project Plan Part 1 University of Phoenix‚ PM 586 The Berkshire Hills Bancorp is the parent of Berkshire Bank. The organization has approximately $6.0 billion in assets and 90 full service branch offices in Massachusetts‚ New York‚ Connecticut‚ and Vermont providing personal and business banking‚ insurance‚ and wealth management services. (Berkshire Hills Bancorp‚ 2014). The organization has a hiring process that needs updating to be able to identify the best candidate
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sister’s wedding. She has set goals to lose at least 2 percent body fat and 10 pounds in the next 6 weeks. Diana does not have any injuries‚ but has not exercised regularly for ten years. She does not have a job‚ but works to raise her 4 children‚ ages 8‚ 10‚ 14‚ and 15. She just recently joined LA fitness‚ which is one mile away‚ and does not have any exercise equipment. The goal for Diana for her first week is to build up her cardio and increase muscular strength. The muscles that are being targeted
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Western influenced‚ the majority went from depending on working for a company for the entirety of their career to wanting more freedom and preferring more pay over that job security. Panasonic tried to tailor their benefits packages with the changing trends of the time to continue to try to make their packages appealing. Questions: 1. What were the triggers of cultural change in Japan during the 1990s? How is cultural change starting to affect traditional values in Japan? The biggest trigger was
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needed tools listed under each class. One of the main items you have at the University of Phoenix is your participation grade. You earn that grade by completing discussion questions and participating in discussions in the electronic forum. The electronic forum consists of the Main forum‚ the Chat room and the Course Materials forum. In those forums you will find all of your discussions. The discussion topics are all threaded discussions so you are able to follow each topic easily. One of the things
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Week 1 Homework Chapter 1: Marriage‚ Relationships‚ and Family Commitments: Making Choices in a Changing Society 3. What important changes in family patterns do you see today? Do you see positive changes‚ negative changes‚ or both? What do they mean for families‚ in your opinion? As the textbook states on page 13 the three society-wide trends have already dramatically changed American family life and will continue to do so. New communication and reproductive technologies‚ changes in America’s
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Taxes Dorothy Cartwright DeVry University Taxes As the owner of PSG Tax Services‚ Inc. it is my duty to provide the knowledge and understanding of taxes to my clients. This week I had the pleasure of meeting Jackson and Kara Erb. The newlywed couple showed drastic signs of having no knowledge of taxes or why the government issues taxes. A “tax can be defined as a payment to support the cost of government” (Jones‚ 2014). Taxes are implemented by our government to raise revenues
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a full conference plan that meets the needs of the organisation; and to produce a cross-section of documents that support their conference plan. Assessment description You are required to complete this task in three parts. Part One requires you to develop a conference concept document. The concept document is designed to help a conference manager in developing a scoping document for a conference to be held. You are required to review the case study outline below‚ and create and complete all aspects
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